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Rewinding and Re-finding pop culture references, notable events and (maybe) forgotten phenomena.
HBO's lineup on this day TWENTY YEARS ago.
February 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
STOMP them out like Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos.
February 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I recently came across a photo of these Rambo coloring books. I had these same exact ones as a kid. So I went and did a deep dive on Rambo. Yep. Rambo!
rewoundandrefound.com/rambo/
February 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
From an Entertainment Weekly issue from 25 years ago.
February 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Nvidia ad from 25 years ago
February 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The Capital City Dusters (Mar/Apr 1999 magazine ad from Dischord Records)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Qo...
February 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
20 years ago Macworld reviewed the iPod Photo. 40GB($499) and 60GB($599) models were available. 65,536 color display. In addition to your music, you could fit up to 30,000 photos on it. They rated it a 4 out of 5. #apple #ipod
February 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
From a 1985 teachers LEGO catalog.
January 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Attack of the Mutant Camels from HesWare, 1984.

"100 years after the Grid Wars, the Droids have returned with new weapons, including benign mutant camels that mask their attack on the power grid."

#retrogames #c64 #commodore
January 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Shonen Sunday Comics Special - Virtua Fighter: Arashi no Maki (Book of Storms) from 1996.
January 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
January 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
An ad for the legendary Mile High Comics from 2000. Note the 'Amazon zSHOPS' reference. That was Amazon's first attempt at letting other sellers sell on their platform.
January 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sorting through some old gaming news. 25 years ago, Nvidia stock had a boost due to Xbox news. It was less than a dollar back then.
January 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Instantly taken back to my childhood. I had both of these Rambo coloring books, ha!
January 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The 1977 Grateful Dead movie on VideoDisc format.
January 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Hey, remember how much you love records? Well, what if your records could SHOW YOU MOVIES?".

The RCA SelectaVision was quite the interesting piece of technology.

I wrote some words about it, with a bunch of photos and video as well.

rewoundandrefound.com/the-rca-sele...
January 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It was eventually ported to many home consoles, including the Playstation and Sega Saturn.
January 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Road Blaster was a 1985 LaserDisc-based arcade game made by Data East and featured animation by Toei Animation!

In the game, you chase a biker gang in a modified sports car to avenge your wife's death.
January 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Great rundown of Playstation's 30 year history
www.playstation.com/en-us/playst...
December 30, 2024 at 6:30 PM
A 2014 article by Marie Ospina for Bustle. Here we are 10 years later and 90s trends are thriving again, ha!

"..And we know that 90s trends returned in 2014. So it makes sense that 2015 would carry on in similar fashion..."
December 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
TurboGrafx-16 EGM magazine ad from 1989.

"You've always known what to expect from a video game system"...."Until now."
December 30, 2024 at 2:41 AM
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